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ghost (EN)
sustantivo, verbo

sustantivo “ghost”

sing. ghost, pl. ghosts o no contable
  1. fantasma
    At night, the children claimed they saw the ghost of a pirate wandering the beach.
  2. rastro
    She felt a ghost of doubt as she signed the contract.
  3. imagen fantasma
    The old TV had a ghost of the main picture, making it hard to watch the show.
  4. una persona que escribe libros, artículos u otros textos para otra persona que es acreditada como el autor
    The famous author hired a ghost to write her autobiography.
  5. persona sin rastro (persona sin registros oficiales)
    The man was a ghost, with no birth certificate, no social security number, and no trace in any database.
  6. en los videojuegos, un personaje que copia los movimientos exactos realizados por un jugador en una partida anterior
    In the racing game, I tried to beat my ghost from the last race, but it was too fast.

verbo “ghost”

infinitivo ghost; él ghosts; pret. ghosted; part. ghosted; ger. ghosting
  1. escribir material para otra persona que es oficialmente acreditada como el escritor
    She was hired to ghost the celebrity's autobiography, ensuring it sounded like it was written in his own voice.
  2. dejar de responder (dejar de comunicarse)
    After our last date, he completely ghosted me and never replied to my messages.
  3. deslizarse
    The old sailboat ghosted silently across the calm sea, its sails barely fluttering.